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Best programs for mounting ISO images?

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Participants Gary Wells4Peter Morgan3Anthony Jackson2placidmaker11brightwolf63Noah Ramos36Benjamin King2velvetlynx63
Gary Wells4 Gary Wells4 NewcomerOP
3 messages
joined Jul 2009
#1 ·
Does anyone know of any programs besides alcohol 120 or Daemon Tools that can handle mounting disk images? I'm running Windows 7 at the moment—and unfortunately, I've run into some issues getting those two specific programs to actually install—so I was wondering if there are any other similar tools out there that you all might recommend.
Peter Morgan3 Peter Morgan3 Active Member
57 messages
joined Jun 2011
#2 ·
I don't run 7; I'm still sticking with good old XP, but you should definitely check this out—it covers everything quite clearly.
Anyway, good luck... ☕

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/0...-in-windows-7/
Anthony Jackson2 Anthony Jackson2 Regular
605 messages
joined Jul 2009
#3 ·
Look, you’ve got plenty of options here

for example:

ImgBurn
Iso Buster Pro
MagicISO
PowerISO
UltraISO Premium Edition

I have all of these on my machine—now, which one actually works on Windows 7?🤷
placidmaker11 placidmaker11 Newcomer
7 messages
joined Oct 2009
#4 ·
I’d suggest going with UltraISO ... assuming it actually plays nice with your OS. ☕
brightwolf63 brightwolf63 Newcomer
6 messages
joined Apr 2009
#5 ·
Hm.

Greetings, everyone.

Just a quick one.

When I attempt to mount a .uif file using PowerISO,
I run into this specific error message:

"Name of file".uif, The file format is invalid or unsupported.

Strangely enough, UltraISO works perfectly fine on this very same machine—it mounts everything without a single hitch.

Now, there is a slight—and I mean tiny—possibility that the file didn't finish downloading completely,
but then again, I'm at a loss as to how to verify that with any actual certainty. 🤔

Any suggestions? 🙂
Noah Ramos36 Noah Ramos36 Newcomer
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joined Jun 2011
#6 ·
Anthony Jackson2 said:look, you've got plenty of options here

for instance:

ImgBurn
Iso Buster Pro
MagicISO
PowerISO
UltraISO Premium Edition

I have all of them on my rig—now the real question is which one actually works for you on 7🤷

They all run perfectly fine on Windows 7 x32/x64 👍
Benjamin King2 Benjamin King2 Active Member
138 messages
joined Apr 2007
#7 ·
brightwolf63 said:Hey everyone.

Keeping it brief here. Every time I try to mount this .uif file using PowerISO, I get hit with this error message...

The weird thing is—on this exact same machine—UltraISO works perfectly fine and mounts it without a single hiccup. So now I'm stuck wondering; is there some tiny, microscopic chance the file didn't finish downloading entirely? Honestly, I have no idea how to verify that for sure without making things more complicated. 🤔

Any thoughts? 🙂

PowerISO doesn't support .uif files—just convert it to an ISO or some other supported format.
brightwolf63 brightwolf63 Newcomer
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joined Apr 2009
#8 ·
Benjamin King2 said:PowerISO doesn't support .uif; you'll need to convert it to an ISO or some other supported format first.

Wadafak?!?

Well, I suppose the only reason I even bothered installing PowerISO was because—quite clearly, it seems—I misread the specs and thought it actually supported that format. Is it my mistake? Most likely.

Historically, I've always stuck with UltraISO anyway.

Thnx.
Benjamin King2 Benjamin King2 Active Member
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joined Apr 2007
#9 ·
Uif is actually just the native format for MagicISO software—you might have gotten your wires crossed there. 🙂
velvetlynx63 velvetlynx63 Member
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joined Mar 2012
#10 ·
Gary Wells4 said:Does anyone know of any programs besides alcohol 120 or Daemon Tools that can mount disk images? I'm running Windows 7 and I can't get either of those two installed, so I was wondering if there are any other similar programs you guys recommend.

Windows 7 supports both of those programs and they run just fine; I have both on my Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit system.

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